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Startups backed by the EU’sFramework ProgrammesGrants and Direct Equity SupportExploring the EU-backed tech ecosystemMarch 2025 Page/ 2Accelerating EuropeAbout the state of European growthand the relationship with innovation,competitiveness, entrepreneurshipand venture capital: challenges andopportunitiesThis report is part two of three, as part of the Innovation Radar BridgeEU Framework ProgrammesData-driven deep dive into EUframework programmes and theirimpact. EU-backed in this reportrefers to startups funded under theEU framework programmesTech transfersDeep dive into the university spinoutecosystem in EuropeThis reportWork in ProgressFeb 2025Coming late 2025 Page/ 3Introduction●Europe has invested hundreds of billions to support innovation. But how effective hasthis been? This report breaks down the EUʼs grants and direct equity support forstartups for the first time.●Specifically, this report provides an analysis of the startups backed by EuropeʼsFramework Programmes:○The first chapter provides an overview of the ways the EU funds startups.○The second section looks at the performance of these startups.○The final section outlines observations and recommendations to enhance futureFramework Programmes.●By combining exclusive EU data with Dealroom data and insights from industryleaders, this report aims to inform policy decisions, inspire private investment andcatalyze growth in Europeʼs tech ecosystem. Page/ 4Key InsightsStartups: Pillars of EU Growth●Horizon Europe (FP9) is the worldʼs biggest publicinnovation funding programme, with €95B funding●Startups supported under this framework are drivinginnovation and economic value, creating €520B inenterprise value with just €12B in EU funding●Despite their proven ROI, startups have received only5% of EU research and innovation fundingStrategic Sectoral Focus●EU-backed startups operate in critical sectors likeClimate Tech, Deep Tech, AI, Biotech, and Space.●80% of these startups develop physical technologies,in contrast to the broader ecosystem's SaaS focus●Physical Tech startups have a higher graduation ratewhen EU-backed●Most EU-backed startups are early stage, presenting anopportunity to leverage their growth potentialSource:Dealroom.co RecommendationsExpand Startup Investment●Increase the funding allocation to startups in HorizonEuropeʼs successor programme (FP10) to capitalize ontheir measurable economic and societal impactStreamline Support Mechanisms●Consolidate fragmented programmes into a singlepathway for grants, equity, and mentorship drawing onthe current work of ESNA and the EICPromote Visibility●Scale up EU startup summits and pitch days to connectEU-backed startups with private investors andcorporatesLeverage Digital Platforms●Scaleup existing tools such as Dealfllow.eu andInnovation Radar with real time startup insights andmatchmaking to empower stakeholders Only 5% of the EUʼs innovation funding goesto startups directly …€225BEU Innovation Funding5%tostartupsEU programmes are a major backer offrontier technologies …▊% EU-backed▊% not EU-backed (number of startups) Page/ 5Selected insightsfrom this reportSource:Dealroom.co ... and EU-backed physical tech startupshave higher graduation rates—EU-backed Physical Tech—Not EU-backed Physical Tech Leading online magazine for EU techEU startups writes about internet and techstartupsout of Europe and provide ourreaders with data-driven analysis, interviewsand startup-related news. In addition to itsfocus on young technology companies, EUstartups also publishes other kinds of newsout of the tech-space that has a commercialor cultural impact on startups in Europe.Eachmonth,EU-Startups.com reaches anofmorethanstartup-interested and tech savvy people fromacross Europe. Innovation platform for EU startupsDealflow.euisthepremierplatformconnectingEU startups with investors,corporates, and ecosystem enablers. Backedby the European Commission, it combinesdeepexpertise in venture capital with amission to empower EU innovations. Withmore than 500 investors and 100 corporatesintheir network,Dealflow.eu has beenfacilitating more than 1,000 introductionsand has supported Europeʼs most promisingdeep tech startups.Dealflow.eu has also launched Ventures.eu, afunddedicated to investing in the bestEU-backed founders. audience300,000 Tech ecosystem intelligenceDealroom.co is a global intelligence platformfordiscovering and tracking the mostpromisingcompanies,technologies andecosystems.Clients include many of theworldʼs foremost organizations such as Accel,IndexVentures,McKinsey,BCG,Deloitte,Google, AWS, Microsoft, Stripe.Dealroom partners closely with local techecosystemdevelopmentagenciesenablers,tocreateacomprehensivemulti-dimensionalblueprint of the techecosystem,includingcapital,innovation,entrepreneurship and overalleconomic dynamism. andtalent, Page/ 7Development of mRNA platformthat will later be used to developthe Covid-19 vaccineCovid-19 vaccineTozinameran becomesthe first widelyauthorizedCovid-19